Orientale Province

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Orientale Province
Province Orientale
Province
Location of Orientale Province
Country  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital Kisangani
Government
 • Governor Jean Bamanisa Saidi
Area
 • Total 503,239 km2 (194,302 sq mi)
Population (2010 est.)
 • Total 8,197,975
 • Density 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Official language French
National language Swahili, Lingala

Orientale (French: Province orientale) (also Oriental; formerly Haut-Zaïre, then Haut-Congo) is one of the eleven former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The province laid in the northeast of the country. It bordered Équateur to the west, Kasaï-Oriental province to the southwest, Maniema to the south, and North Kivu to the southeast. It also bordered the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north, and Uganda to the east. The provincial capital is Kisangani.

The province was divided into the Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele and Tshopo districts and the Ituri Interim Administration. These became provinces in 2015 under the 2006 constitution.

History

Orientale Province was formed in 1966 from the amalgamation of the regions of Uele, Kibali-Ituri and Haut-Congo. In 2015, the province dissolved into the provinces of Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, Ituri and Tshopo.

In 1998 the Orientale villages of Durba and Watsa were the center of an outbreak of Marburg virus disease among gold mine workers.

The Ituri district of Orientale was the scene of the Ituri conflict.

As of 2014, militia groups continue to fight in the province and have reportedly committed many atrocities against the local population, such as forcing women into sex slavery and forcing men to work in mines.[1]

Divisions

Name District Territory Pop. 2010[2] Coordinates[2]
Aketi Bas-Uele District Aketi Territory 40,507 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Ango Bas-Uele District Ango Territory 8,381 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Aru Ituri Interim Administration Aru Territory 29,801 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bafwasende Tshopo District Bafwasende Territory 14,504 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bambesa Bas-Uele District Bambesa Territory 14,959 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Basoko Tshopo District Basoko Territory 50,352 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bondo Bas-Uele District Bondo Territory 18,118 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bunia Ituri Interim Administration Irumu Territory 327,837 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Buta Bas-Uele District Buta Territory 53,401 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Djugu Ituri Interim Administration Djugu Territory 27,112 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Dungu Haut-Uele District Dungu Territory 26,894 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Irumu Ituri Interim Administration Irumu Territory 10,387 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Isiro Haut-Uele District Rangu Territory 174,551 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Kisangani Tshopo District n/a 868,672 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Kituku Ituri Interim Administration Irumu Territory 43,460 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Mahagi Ituri Interim Administration Mahagi Territory 18,743 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Mongbwalu Ituri Interim Administration Djugu Territory 29,672 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Niangara Haut-Uele District Niangara Territory 13,504 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Opala Tshopo District Opala Territory 15,569 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Poko Bas-Uele District Poko Territory 10,873 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Ubundu Tshopo District Ubundu Territory 13,332 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Wamba Haut-Uele District Wamba Territory 17,651 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Watsa Haut-Uele District Watsa Territory 31,978 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Yahuma Tshopo District Yahuma Territory 4,857 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Yangambi Tshopo District Isangi Territory 40,932 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

References

  1. Sexual slavery rife in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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